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Louis Michel van Loo Louis-Michel van Loo (2 March 1707-20 March 1771) was a French painter.
He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1725. With his uncle, the painter Charles-Andre van Loo, he went to Rome in 1727 - 1732, and in 1736 he became court painter to Philip V of Spain at Madrid, where he was a founder-member of the Academy in 1752. He returned to Paris in 1753, and painted many portraits of Louis XV of France. In 1765 he succeeded Charles-Andre as director of the special school of the French academy known as the Ecole Royale des Eleves Proteges. In 1766 he made the portrait of the Portuguese statesman Sebastiao de Melo, Marquis of Pombal.
Among his brothers were the painters Francois van Loo (1708 - 1732) and Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo (1719 - 1795). |
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ID de tableau:: 83281 Philip V of Spain and his family Philip V of Spain and his family
1743(1743)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 408 x 520 cm (160.6 x 204.7 in)
cyf 1743(1743)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 408 x 520 cm (160.6 x 204.7 in)
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ID de tableau:: 83320 Portrait of Carle van Loo Portrait of Carle van Loo
1764(1764)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74 x 58 cm (29.1 x 22.8 in)
cyf 1764(1764)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74 x 58 cm (29.1 x 22.8 in)
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ID de tableau:: 83356 Portrait of Nicolas Beaujon Portrait of Nicolas Beaujon
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 144 x 110 cm (56.7 x 43.3 in)
cyf Oil on canvas
Dimensions 144 x 110 cm (56.7 x 43.3 in)
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ID de tableau:: 83414 Portrait of Louise Elisabeth of France Portrait of Louise Elisabeth of France
18th century
Medium Oil
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Medium Oil
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ID de tableau:: 96271 Portrait of Elisabeth Farnese Portrait of Elisabeth Farnese
circa 1740(1740)
Medium oil
cyf circa 1740(1740)
Medium oil
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Louis Michel van Loo Louis-Michel van Loo (2 March 1707-20 March 1771) was a French painter.
He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1725. With his uncle, the painter Charles-Andre van Loo, he went to Rome in 1727 - 1732, and in 1736 he became court painter to Philip V of Spain at Madrid, where he was a founder-member of the Academy in 1752. He returned to Paris in 1753, and painted many portraits of Louis XV of France. In 1765 he succeeded Charles-Andre as director of the special school of the French academy known as the Ecole Royale des Eleves Proteges. In 1766 he made the portrait of the Portuguese statesman Sebastiao de Melo, Marquis of Pombal.
Among his brothers were the painters Francois van Loo (1708 - 1732) and Charles-Amedee-Philippe van Loo (1719 - 1795).
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